Coming out of Zheng's mansion, Li Yi went directly to the place that he had made an appointment with Zhang Chao. This time, she didn't ask Zhang Chao to "ride the crane tower", after all, the consumption there was too high.

In order to save time, Li Yi directly asked him to meet at the door of the first store he wanted to see.

The request she gave Zhang Chao at the beginning was: to have a two-story shop with a yard, and the yard should be large. The location of the shop should not be in a wealthy area, but the surrounding environment must not be dirty and messy.

She wanted to go the people-friendly route and didn't plan to set the price of the food only for the rich, so the location of the restaurant was not located in the rich area.

The large courtyard is because the kitchen is located in the courtyard to avoid the cooking fumes affecting the guests' meals; There is also a place to prepare for the carriage in the yard, and to make a good restaurant, how can there be no parking space!

They deliberately entered the first shop through the back door.

The yard is big, the layout is very regular, nice. The west side can be used as a horse stall, the south side is connected to the shop, and the east side can be used as a kitchen. To Li Yi's surprise, there is also a small two-story building in the north.

Although Zhang Chao didn't dare to stare at Li Yi, his attention was always on her, and when he saw that she was almost done in the backyard, he introduced her into the shop and introduced: "This was originally an inn, the front was a place for guests to eat, and the backyard was lived. Although the location is not very good, it is very close to the "East Fang" and the road to the door is wide. ”

"If it's an inn, why don't there be rooms in the backyard?"

"There was originally a guest room in the backyard, and the original owner's family still lived in it. In order to make it easier to sublet this place, a fence partition was specially built. ”

No wonder the courtyard layout is so square, "The layout of the inn is not suitable for family living, right?" ”

"That's right, that's why it's hard to rent out at the moment, because their family is building a new house. Many people worry that the homeowner will have conflicts if he is close to him. He also talked about the shortcomings here.

Li Yi, who originally liked this place very much, also hesitated because of this, "Let's go see the second one." ”

The second is a restaurant that is open, and the location in the field is even better than the first, but the interior decoration is not very good. The walls are mottled, the house is not bright enough, and the backyard is large but cluttered.

After a general look, a few people came to the second floor of the restaurant, and Xiao Er immediately enthusiastically brought tea.

"It's been 60 years since this shop was here, and business hasn't been good. The boss wanted to give up the business and make another living. The rent he set was very low, only eight taels of silver a year, which attracted a lot of people to come to see the house, but unfortunately everyone left as soon as they heard about his request. ”

This man! I got used to doing dental business, and I lost my appetite. Li Yi didn't want to embarrass him, but she didn't want him to communicate with him in this way in the future. So he asked:

"What he asks is to keep some old people here?"

"Miss is really smart." Li Yi's tone was very light, but it shocked Zhang Chao. "It's true that because of this requirement, many people don't rent. Considering you're short of manpower, it might be a good thing for you, so I'm taking you to see it. ”

Li Yi secretly thought to herself:

The rent of the first shop is 15 taels, which is also reasonable. The pavement does not need to be overhauled, and the backyard can be changed to the way you want. It's just that there is only one wall from the landlord's house, and there may be a lot of trouble in the future.

Although the renovation of this home needs to be overhauled, from another point of view, I can add more ideas. And now is the time to employ people, if there are skilled employees it is more convenient.

Soon she decided to settle on this one.

"Let's settle on this one." She knew it was hard to find a perfect shop, and this one was pretty good.

"However, you can talk to the boss and help me fight for the right to decide whether to keep people. He gave me a list, and I kept at least half of them down. ”

Zhang Chao nodded.

"How's the previous proposal to do things for me considered?" Li Yi still hopes that he can do things for himself, and she appreciates Zhang Chao's sense of responsibility. The things handed over to him can always get feedback quickly, and he will not disobey him.

Zhang Chao asked worriedly, "Does Miss want to buy me?" ”

Originally worried about this.

"You don't want to sign a deed of sale?" She didn't think about buying manpower, but wouldn't it be more reassuring to find someone who found it this way?

"I promise to divulge your secrets, and I will do my best. Mademoiselle can sign an employment contract with me. He hurriedly fought for himself.

"Yes." Li Yi nodded. "Then you have to settle this matter with the boss as soon as possible. It's not easy for me to come out once, if there is something that needs to be solved in the future, compress it on the same day, is it okay? ”

The two discussed in detail about future cooperation. Li Yi became more and more satisfied with Zhang Chao.

He has extraordinary abilities, but unfortunately he is too young. If you are the shopkeeper on the surface, I am afraid that you will not be able to convince the public, and the shopkeeper candidate of this restaurant will have to be selected from the people who have left behind.

When she returned to Chen's house, it was already time to make dinner. I went directly to the old lady's small kitchen and made a bowl of steamed eggs for the old lady.

The secret to making steamed eggs tender is to add double the amount of water in the egg mixture. Stir the water, salt and eggs well, steam them in a pot, sprinkle chopped green onions when they come out of the pot, and pour in a little soy sauce to taste. A bowl of steamed eggs with chopped green onions is out of the pot.

Li Yi has dealt with a lot of things today, and her feet are already tired and swollen at the moment. I really want to go back to my room and lie down and sleep, but if I don't bring dinner to the old lady myself, it will make people suspicious.

She forced herself to go to the old lady, and the old lady would naturally ask about the second sister-in-law. She praised a few words, and the old lady was also very happy. smiled and told her granddaughter that she was helping to see each other.

Li Yi hurriedly praised: "The old lady's vision is really unique. ”

The old lady couldn't see her granddaughter's tiredness. But even if she was tired, she still served in front of her, and her filial piety made the old lady ashamed: she thought that she could find a good family for her granddaughter, but now she couldn't intervene.

"When people are old, they naturally have an experience when they look at people." She changed her words: "When you come back from outside, I'm afraid you don't know that your small kitchen has been set up." ”

Li Yi was pleasantly surprised: "It's set up so quickly?" Then I'll see tomorrow! ”

"If there's anything inappropriate, just mention it."

"Hehe, after all, it is a place to cook for the old lady, Yun'er naturally does not dare to slack off." She made a joke.

"You clever ghost, use me as an excuse!" The old lady smiled unabated: "I won't leave you much today, go back, you should be tired when you go out, rest early." ”

Li Yi dragged her tired body back to her room, wanting to have a good rest, but found that her second brother had been waiting in her room for a long time.

Oh, my God! She was exhausted. I don't want to see this man shyly ask about his future wife!

Out of the old lady's house, Li Yi unloaded it in one go. Even if he saw Second Brother Chen, he couldn't hold it up. She said hello to her second brother and lay down on the table.

"How do you get tired like this?"

Li Yi ignored Second Brother Chen's question and continued to lie motionless on the table.

"Okay Yun'er, tell the second brother quickly, have you seen Miss Zheng today?" Second Brother Chen finally said what was in his heart.

Li Yi changed to lying on his side and turned his face towards him: "Closed the moon and shy flowers, the country and the city, bright eyes and bright teeth, ice and snow smart!" Satisfied? ”

"Hmm." Second Brother Chen nodded shyly.

And he believed! Such an obvious perfunctory he actually believed! Are people in love so brainless?

Why didn't Miss Zheng have ......? Hey? Today, she didn't seem to mention her second brother at all.